7/24/23 Trial of Usman Shahid -- driver who killed two Oakton teens

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Anonymous wrote:I'm outraged by the ridiculously low jail time. It sends the wrong message. He can start his life again at 24. The girls are dead forever.

He won't even serve the full 4 years. He gets 2 days credit for each day served while in county jail which will likely be one year until Dept of Corrections picks him up.

His actual sentencing is in July so he'll have 6 months credit for serving 3 in jail until then at least. This whole sentence is a joke!

His family members were asking his lawyer if he can still attend his college courses while in jail... Ummm really???

Too bad they can’t throw his family in jail with him.

Someone needs to pay the lawyer and act as defendants in the civil suit. They will wish they were in jail.
Leaving the country is not an option while the son is serving his sentence.

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Anonymous wrote:I would like to know if the surviving victim and the parents satisfied or insulted

This is a typical NOVA misogyny - they are sending a message that a girl's life is not important.
I am wondering if it was the opposite: if an 18-year-old girl was in the car and teenage boys were killed, what would the sentence be?

Or if the girls were white.

+1. This is ridiculously low for someone who killed two girls and showed no remorse.

It's not even the lack of remorse that gets me. I don't care if someone is a crappy person if they have at least enough respect for society to not create a public safety hazard.

What bothers me with Shahid is that there is no recognition that the blame and responsibilty is entirely his, and that going that speed on that road is asking for deaths to happen. A trait that matters if we expect him not to do it again when he's older; and perhaps when the toys he's playing with are even more powerful and more dangerous than his BMW.

The jury should have gone with a more representative sentance. If you want to lighten up on him for being young or inexperienced or drowning in the euphoria of being fresh out of high school or whatever, you go more lenient after the fact.

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With how light the sentence is, we’re lucky the jury didn’t decide to acquit. Not sure if they bought the arguments about the 4 Runner, or maybe they’re just not comfortable putting him away for most of his 20s. Regardless, it’s disappointing that taking this to trial resulted in a relatively favorable outcome for Shahid.

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"During closing arguments, a prosecutor for the Commonwealth noted the families agreed they were not asking for the jurors to recommend the maximum sentence for Shahid, but instead "something in the middle"."

4 total is not in the middle. Argh.

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Sentence aside, will Shahid be barred from driving?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would like to know if the surviving victim and the parents satisfied or insulted

This is a typical NOVA misogyny - they are sending a message that a girl's life is not important.
I am wondering if it was the opposite: if an 18-year-old girl was in the car and teenage boys were killed, what would the sentence be?

Or if the girls were white.

+1. This is ridiculously low for someone who killed two girls and showed no remorse.

It's not even the lack of remorse that gets me. I don't care if someone is a crappy person if they have at least enough respect for society to not create a public safety hazard.

What bothers me with Shahid is that there is no recognition that the blame and responsibilty is entirely his, and that going that speed on that road is asking for deaths to happen. A trait that matters if we expect him not to do it again when he's older; and perhaps when the toys he's playing with are even more powerful and more dangerous than his BMW.

The jury should have gone with a more representative sentance. If you want to lighten up on him for being young or inexperienced or drowning in the euphoria of being fresh out of high school or whatever, you go more lenient after the fact.

Very well said! He showed very little insincere remorse during his statement. He had the chance to look at the surviving victim and the other 2 girls parents and make a very sincere apology! Maybe even shed a few tears for them. He did absolutely none of that. Instead he apologized for being reckless 😒🙄

I would love to know how the families feel about the recommended sentence

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would like to know if the surviving victim and the parents satisfied or insulted

This is a typical NOVA misogyny - they are sending a message that a girl's life is not important.
I am wondering if it was the opposite: if an 18-year-old girl was in the car and teenage boys were killed, what would the sentence be?

Or if the girls were white.

+1. This is ridiculously low for someone who killed two girls and showed no remorse.

It's not even the lack of remorse that gets me. I don't care if someone is a crappy person if they have at least enough respect for society to not create a public safety hazard.

What bothers me with Shahid is that there is no recognition that the blame and responsibilty is entirely his, and that going that speed on that road is asking for deaths to happen. A trait that matters if we expect him not to do it again when he's older; and perhaps when the toys he's playing with are even more powerful and more dangerous than his BMW.

The jury should have gone with a more representative sentance. If you want to lighten up on him for being young or inexperienced or drowning in the euphoria of being fresh out of high school or whatever, you go more lenient after the fact.

People who do reckless things tend to keep doing them and not be remorseful which makes sense because that's why they did it in the first place. Only some changes work to deter. He's not unique here. That's why we have multi level approaches to crime. Police officers out on the road. Safety features in cars. Criminal trials civil trials etc.

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Anonymous wrote:Sentence aside, will Shahid be barred from driving?

I doubt it. He wasn't charged with any traffic infraction. Not even reckless driving

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What do the parents do for a living? Are they still living locally? I hope they are destitute after the civil trial. The mother having an attention grabbing "fainting spell" during the testimony from the mother of the little girl her son killed. Can't even let her have a moment to talk about her daughter without making it about their family. Unbelievable. I hope one day I run into somebody who is on that jury. Got a lot of questions. Anyway, rest in peace to those sweet girls and to the surviving girl, I'm sorry you weren't even considered in this trial.

Likely, he will be driving again once he's out of prison.

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That's true. Why wasn't the third girl part of the consideration? That's pretty unjust

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At least he will be hated forever. Especially since he got practically zero punishment for his horrible crimes of killing two children and permanently injuring a third, and all of the damage he caused and trying to blame an innocent man for his crimes. At least everyone knows it and will hate him for it for the rest of his miserable life. At least he will have a criminal record. It’s really too bad that he feels no remorse for what he did and it’s too bad he won’t spend much time in jail though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That's true. Why wasn't the third girl part of the consideration? That's pretty unjust

He wasn’t charged with a crime stemming from her injury. We don’t know why but it’s possible the prosecution feared the jury would only charge him with the lesser offense if given the opportunity.

[Anonymous]

The worst part is that this family most likely sees themselves as the victims in this situation. Probably anger and disbelief that their son is being sent to jail for just being a typical teenage boy with his whole life ahead of him.

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The jury must of been filled with parents of young adults and or boys. So shameful. Or the attorney is super smart and planted doubt.

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Anonymous wrote:The worst part is that this family most likely sees themselves as the victims in this situation. Probably anger and disbelief that their son is being sent to jail for just being a typical teenage boy with his whole life ahead of him.

BINGO!!!! These are my thoughts exactly! Usman mentioned during his sentencing statement that his sister who is attending Oakton HS has been bullied for his actions. I mean not that I condone bullying but these are consequences of his reckless actions! At least she is alive, the other 2 aren't! The surviving victim also attends Oakton so I can see it creating an uncomfortable situation for both. Things that Usman could have avoided!!!